12th Annual Banquet (2013)

AAARI’s Annual Gala is attended by 450+ Asian and non-Asian academic, business, civic and community leaders, faculty, staff and students. As of Fall 2010, the Asian American representation in CUNY is over 49,000, with more than 4,200 faculty and staff, 4,300 graduate students and 40,500 undergraduates of Asian heritage. There are tens of thousands of Asian American CUNY alumni working and living throughout New York and the country. AAARI engages the Asian American community within CUNY, New York City and beyond.

Individual Ticket

Non-Member: $150
Complimentary AAARI 2014 Membership

Member/Senior (65+): $85 | Student: $50

Banquet RSVP / Ad Form
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Ad Deadline Extended: : Friday, November 1, 2013
RSVP Deadline Extended: Friday, November 18, 2013

2013 Gala Honorees
	Global Visionary Award Muhammad Yunus Nobel Laureate, Chairman of Yunus Centre & Founder of Grameen Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh
	CUNY Distinguished Asian American Alumni Award Ron Kim Member, New York State Assembly, District 40
	CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Kamelia Kilawan Undergraduate, Baruch College/CUNY
CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Honorable Mention Yang Lu Undergraduate, Hunter College/CUNY Sittha Siriprakaisak Undergraduate, New York City College of Technology/CUNY
	2013 Gala Emcee Richard Lui Anchor, NBC Early Today and MSN

Benefits of Supporting the AAARI Annual Gala

1. Exposure to 450+ attendees at the Gala – printed program acknowledgements distributed to attendees who represent not just themselves but many other organizations. Additional programs will also be distributed at upcoming AAARI events throughout the Spring semester.

2. Table sponsors are listed on AAARI’s website which reaches thousands of faculty, staff and students within CUNY, and academic, business, civic and community leaders and organizations outside of CUNY.

3. The Gala receives extensive coverage in the Asian American ethnic press.